Officials of 12 Five Towns and Far Rockaway area yeshivot met last week to share best practices and explore avenues of cooperation. The effort was organized by Rabbi Dovid Kramer of Yeshiva of the … more

On the final night of Chanukah, Long Islanders were injected with a bonus dose of spiritual uplift, as Chabad of Mineola staged its 23rd annual telethon. The event, broadcast live on cable television … more

The theater in the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s New York Museum of Tolerance provides visitors with one simple lesson — you have a choice. To the left side of the screen, there are lists … more

A scholar in residence from Jerusalem will take a Woodmere shul on a spirtual journey through the Holy City this Shabbos, offering what is billed as “a loaded discussion” on entering Har … more

The massacre in San Bernardino by an Islamist husband-and-wife terror team forces us to recognize, once again, that the United States has to choose between isolationism and internationalism in its … more

It is almost hard to believe that it has been just a year since the horrific events in Paris in January of 2015.  The painful memories of the attack at the Charlie Hebdo magazine, followed by … more

The following joint statement by the RCA and the OU was distributed Wednesday night: The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) and the Orthodox Union (OU) reject calls to limit immigration to the … more

JERUSALEM — Secretary of State John Kerry has set off a furor by suggesting that Israel was destroying itself as a Jewish state. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted angrily, telling … more

As menorahs are lit in private homes, shuls and public places throughout Long Island, Elnaton Chasser enjoys a public menorah lighting — and sufganiot — in Oceanside. more

In recent years, the so-called “Arab Spring” uprisings, the Syrian civil war, and the growth of jihadist terror groups like Islamic State have countered the perception that the … more